DRAFT PROGRAM
of Wednesday, 14-Jan-2004 18:20:32 EST
Plant and Animal Genome XII Program
January 10 - 14, 2004
DNA Helices derived from original artwork by Applied Biosystems
Welcome to the draft program for the Plant & Animal Genome XII conference.
Details of the last meeting, PAG-XI, can be found on the
PAG-XI Home Page.
The abstracts from all the previous eleven meetings are available via
the Internet on this computer system:
[http://www.intl-pag.org/]
The abstracts from these past meetings appear on the menu and have been indexed for convenient searching.
Abstracts for the PAG-XII meeting will be available one month prior to the start of the PAG-XII meeting. The abstracts will be released on 10 December 2003 and can be found by clicking here.
Based on ongoing and very helpful feedback from participants, the organization and structure of the PAG-XII has again been slightly changed and improved. This home page for the meeting is an overview of the main parts of the meeting. The PAG Table of Contents now links to the information about the meeting and its various parts (e.g, workshops, sessions, travel grants, and so on). This page will only contain an overview of the meeting.
The Organizing Committee would like to thank all those participants of the PAG-XI meeting who took the time to fill out the conference evaluation form. PAG-XII will again have the main lecture room that easily seats well over 2000 people and we will have even larger rooms for all workshop leaders that request the additional space. At PAG-XI there were over 1800 attendees (excluding exhibitors) and PAG-XII is expected to have an attendance of over 2000.
Meeting Overview:
The main changes from last year that are being continued is that the meeting will start on Saturday, the banquet will continue to be held on Wednesday evening, and the poster sessions will be held in conjunction with the receptions. Posters will be put up starting on Saturday morning, giving attendees ample time to view the posters. Again there will be just a few (nine) plenary lectures, with a change that there will not be separate, parallel plant and animal sessions. There will be three (3) main plenary lectures each morning.
The current schedule for PAG-XII is that there will be some 70+ workshop and vendor presentations as well as the usual computer program demonstrations. New workshops for PAG-XII include Proteomics, QTL Cloning, Challenge Program: Unlocking Crop Genetic Diversity for the Poor, Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Plant Genomics, and Reduced-Representation Sequencing Methods and Applications.
Again the organizers will pass out evaluation forms towards the end of the meeting for particpants to fill out. This year the form is again on the web so you may send in your comments and evaluation after you get home. The form is available by clicking here.
Friday - January 9, 2004:
Registration: Noon - 8:00 pm
Saturday - January 10, 2004:
Registration: 7:00 am - 8:00 pm
Breakfast 7:00 am - 9:00 am
Workshops -
All Day Workshops:
8:00 am - 5:40 pm
8:00 am - 10:40 am:
8:00 am - 2:40 pm
Lunch (on your own): 11:00 am - 12:00 noon
12:00 noon - 2:40 pm
12:45 pm - 5:30 pm
3:00 pm - 5:40 pm
Coffee/Tea Break: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dinner (on your own): 5:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Workshops - Evening
7:00 pm - 9:40 pm
Sunday - January 11, 2004:
Registration: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Breakfast 7:00 am - 9:00 am
Workshops -
All Day Workshops:
8:00 am - 5:40 pm
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
8:00 am - 10:40 am:
Lunch (on your own): 11:00 am - 12:00 noon
12:00 noon - 2:40 pm
3:00 pm - 5:40 pm
Coffee/Tea Break: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Opening Welcome Reception AND EVEN NUMBER POSTER SESSION: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sponsored by
TBA
Evening Workshops:
8:00 pm - 10:40 pm
Hospitality Suite:
QIAGEN Inc. - 8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight (Suite 1115/1116)
Apple Computer - 8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight (Terrace Pavilion)
Monday - January 12, 2004:
Breakfast : 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Morning Session
Opening Welcome : 8:15 am - 8:30 am
Plenary Lectures : 8:30 am - 12:10 pm
Sponsored by
Pioneer Hi-Bred
Exhibits Open: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Coffee Break/Exhibits: 10:10 am - 11:00 am
Sponsored by
TBA
Lunch: 11:45 pm - 12:30 pm
Sponsored by TBA
Early Afternoon Workshops (12:30 pm - 3:10 pm):
Afternoon Vendor Workshops (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm):
Afternoon Vendor Workshops (12:30 pm - 3:10 pm):
Coffee Break: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Late Afternoon Workshops (3:20 pm - 6:00 pm)
Late Afternoon Vendor Workshops (3:20 pm - 6:00 pm)
Wine & Cheese Reception AND ODD NUMBER POSTER SESSION: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner on your own
Evening Workshops (8:00 pm - 10:40 pm)
Evening Vendor Workshops (8:00 pm - 10:40 pm)
Hospitality Suite:
Affymetrix - 8:00 pm - 12:00 midnight - Terrace Pavilion
Tuesday - January 13, 2004:
Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Lectures : 8:30 am - 11:50 am
Sponsored by
Pioneer Hi-Bred
Exhibits Open: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break/Exhibits: 10:10 am - 11:00 am
Lunch: 11:50 pm - 1:00 pm
Workshops (1:00 pm - 6:15 pm)
Coffee Break: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Early Afternoon Workshop: (12:30 - 3:10 pm)
TBA
Vendor Workshops:
Late Afternoon Workshops: (3:20 pm - 6:00 pm)
Vendor Workshops: (3:20 pm - 6:00 pm)
Dinner on your own: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Evening Vendor Workshops: (8:00 pm - 10:45 pm)
Evening Workshops (8:00 pm - 10:40 pm)
Wednesday - January 14, 2004:
Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Morning Session
Sponsored by
TBA
Exhibits Open: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Coffee Break/Exhibits: 10:10 am - 11:00 am
Lunch: 11:50 am - 1:00 pm
Early Afternoon Workshops: 12:30 pm - 3:10 pm
Vendor Workshops-
Coffee Break/Exhibits: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Late Afternoon Workshop: (3:20 pm - 6:00 pm)
Late Afternoon Vendor Workshop: (3:20 pm - 6:00 pm)
Exhibits Close: 3:00 pm
Banquet Dinner & Dancing: 7:00 pm - Midnight
Closing remarks: 9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
and
Conference Ends at Midnight Wednesday
PLEASE NOTE
PAG-XIII:
January 15-19, 2005